Alphabet Earnings After The Close
3:03 p.m. ET We have 2 more of the Mag-7 stocks reporting this week, bringing the total to 6 by...
Rotation & a Lot of Back-Testing, Gap Filling
12:31 p.m. ET Today is going pretty much as expected with our normal day-to-day rotation between value and growth. Mega...
A.M. Update
S&P futures are flat as the focus remains on tariff headlines after President Trump confirmed an agreement to delay tariffs...
Daily Wrap – Mexico & Canada Tariffs Paused For 30-Day
Not surprisingly, the week started with turbulence in the stock market. This is going to be the norm for a...
Afternoon Update
3:48 p.m. ET Today’s trade has been volatile as market participants react to incoming headlines. Tariffs on Mexico, Canada, China...
President Trump Signs Executive Action to Create Sovereign Wealth Fund
242 pm ET It’s another busy day in D.C. and the markets. President Trump signed an executive action that said...
Tariffs On, Tariffs Off… Policy Remains Fluid and Uncertain
1240 p.m. ET While I would not say that President Trump is a bluffer with regard to tariffs, I would...
A.M. Update
S&P 500 futures are down -1.6%, while Nasdaq-100 and Russell 2000 are down -1.8% and -2.25% respectively. Markets are responding...


Afternoon Update
I always try to be careful in reading too much into initial knee jerk reactions. With that in mind, the...
Apple Update
259 p.m. ET I’m not going to speculate too much on Apple’s (AAPL -1.6%) weaker tone earlier today, but I...
3C Charts
244 p.m. ET As you know, markets hate uncertainty. The Broadening formation action in the SPX has been an indication...
Tariff Chaos
It’s getting hard to keep up with the tariff news. As I was writing another post and capturing charts, news...
Rotation and Tariffs Moved Out to March 1?
1239 p.m. ET News just came out just after noon time that President Trump is expected to levy tariffs on...
A.M. Update
S&P futures are up +0.35% this morning, led by NASDAQ 100 futures up +0.65% following well received earnings from Apple....
Daily Wrap – Gold Posts a New Record High
A hawkish Fed mitigated by a dovish Powell, a mixed bag of earnings, another of the Magnificent 7 stocks reporting...
Quick Afternoon Update
Things we’re pretty quiet until just a few minutes ago. News broke that President Trump is imposing 25% tariffs on...
Apple Update
324 p.m. ET One last look at Apple ahead of earnings after the close. AAPL (current daily) – the 50-day...
Market Update – Rotation Again, Small Caps and Value in Favor, Gold Soaring
1 p.m. ET More rotation. Yesterday Value outperformed growth, but only because value was down less than growth. Today the...